Date Tags BI.4 / AC.7

Turn the following into equations:

  1. A runner starts running toward Westerly from Providence (60 miles away), going a steady 10 miles per hour.  Make an equation that gives their distance from Providence.
  2. A number is 12 more than the product of the number and -5.  What is the number?
  3. A runner starts running toward Providence from Westerly (60 miles away), going  a steady 15  miles per hour.  Make an equation that gives their distance from _Providence_.
  4.  How many miles from Providence are the two runners when they pass each other?  How much time have they each been running?